Hockey stick



Sept. 28 1926. z. A. HALL HOCKEY STICK Filed Jan. 25, 1926 {AM wvafilzb.

I Affom ey- Patented Sept. 28, 19126. 7

UNITED STATES 1,601,116 PATENT OFFICE.

ZAGHARIAH ADAM HALL, OF- H ESPELER, ONTARIO, CANADA.

.HOCKEY s'rrcx.

Application filed January 25, 1926. Serial No. 88,460.

bility of a hockey stick in which the blade is integral with the handle.

In the production of a hockey stick from a single piece of wood there isnecessarily a considerable amount of waste in the shaping of the handleand blade, and the loss or waste of material in the manufacture isapproximately equal to the amount in the manufactured product. Byseparately making the blade and handle parts there is practically nowaste of material in the shaping of the handle and very little waste ofmaterial in the making of the blade, and it is possible to obtain,according to this invention, approximately double the amount ofproduction that can be obtained from the same quantity of raw materialwhen the blade and handle are of an integral nature. By separatelymaking the hockey stick parts it is possible to use for the blade astrong,

tenacious material having more or less resiliency or spring and to use arigid material for the construction of the handle, thereby obtaining theadvantage of the full driving force of the stick without risk ofbreakage under reasonable conditions of use.

In Letters Patent of the United States No. 1,549,971 dated August 18,1925, and application Serial No. 752,445 filed November 26th, 1924, Ihave shown and described two methods of carrying out the foregoingobjects but my method of construction which forms the subject-matter ofthis present application still further reduces the cost of manufacturinga stick and effects a still greater saving in material and labor. Thesubject-matter of the present application consists broadly of a hockeystick comprising a blade and a handle shaft separate from 4 the blade.The handle shaft has at its lower end an inwardly and upwardly extendinggroove or recess and the heel of the blade has a tongue shaped to fitthe groove or recess. This construction permits of the 'use of a blade,of any width, set at any angle to the handle shaft the specification macall for to meet the special requirement 0 the individual player.

For a further understandin vention reference is to be had to theaccompanylngdrawlngs, in which:

Fig. 1 is a fragmentary side elevation partl y 1n section of the bladeand handle shaft ointed according to my-invention,

F1g. -2 is a fragmentary side elevation of a modified form of theconstruction shown 1n Fig. 1,

Fig. 3 is a similar view to Fig. 2 showing another modification of theinvention, and

Fig. 4 is a similar view to Figs. 2 and 3 showing a furthermodification.-

Llke numerals of reference refer to like parts throughout thespecification and drawmgs.

The hockey stick comprises two separate parts, viz :a handle shaft 1 andblade 2,

with the grain'of the wood running lengthwise of each part. Byseparately making the blade and handle it. is possible to use wood ofany kind, weight, or texture in the blade and to use a different wood inthe handle of the same stick, so that the desired strength and balancemay be acquired.

In each of the figures the handle shaft 1 is shown to be formed with agroove or recess 2 extending upwardly into the said shaft from the lowerend thereof, and the heel of the blade 3 is formed with a tongue 4'which,

when the parts are assembled, is entered of my inlar in cross-sectionand of corresponding dimensions to the groove orrecess 2 shown in thatfigure. When the parts are assembled the tongue is entered in the groove2 and is glued or otherwise fastened to the handle shaft.

In Fig. 2 the grooveor recess 2 extends upwardly into the handle shaftfrom the lower end, and from the front to the back, thereof and istriangular in cross-section, but in this modification the apex of thetriangle is at the back of the groove instead of at the top as in Fig l.

In Fig. 3 the handle shaft is shown to be formed with a groove or recessextending upwardly into the handle shaft /f1 'on1 the lower end thereof,but in this modification the groove extends only part way from the frontto the back edge of the handle shaft and is of a dove-tail shape. Theheel of the blade is formed with a dove-tail tongue *1 of correspondingdimensions to the groove 2.

In Fig. 4 the handle shaft 1 is formed with a mortice 2 and the blade 3is formed with a tenon 4. As shown in this figure of the drawings themortice 2 extends upwardly into the handle shaft and from the front tothe rear thereof, but it may extend only part way through the handleshaft'from the front to the rear to receive the tenon.

In the preferred construction the handle shaft extends to the sole ofthe blade and the sides of the groove or mortice tightly embrace thesides of the tongue or tenon and form with it the heel of the stick. Theparts are glued together and nailed to form a substantial joint betweenthe blade and the bandle shaft. By this construction the hockey stickwill have the same or greater tensile strength than if made of a singlepiece of wood and the end grain of the woo at the lower extremity of thehandle shaft will be presented to the surface of the ice and willprotect the heel of the blade from excessive wear and thereby increasethe life of the hockey stick.

The term tongue used throu bout the specification and claims is intendeto mean the projecting part of the blade which is shaped to be enteredwithin a corresponding groove of the handle shaft irrespective of thgeometric shape of such part, and likewise the term groove as usedthroughout the claims is intended to include in its meaning any recess,socket, mortice or slot corresponding in geometric shape to the tongue.

Having thus fully described my invention what I claim as new and desireto secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A hockey stick comprising a handle shaft having a groove extendinginto said shaft at the lower end thereof, in combination with a bladehaving at its heel a tongue of corresponding shape and dimensions to thegroove and entered therein.

2. A' hockey stick comprising a handle shaft having a groove extendingupwardly into said shaft at the lower end thereof, in combination with ablade having at its heel a tongue of corresponding shape and dimensionsto the groove and entered therein.

3. A hockey stick comprising a handle shaft having a mortice extendinginto said shaft at the lower end thereof, and a blade having at its heela tenon of corresponding dimensions to the mortice and entered therein.

t. A hockey stick comprising a handle shaft having a mortice extendingupwardly into said shaft at the lower end thereof and a blade having atits heel a tenon of corresponding dimensions to the mortice and enteredtherein.

5. A hockey stick comprising a handle shaft having a groove extendinginto said shaft at the lower end thereof, in combination with a bladehaving at its heel a tongue of corresponding shape and dimensions to thegroove and entered therein, the sides of the groove embracing thetongue.

6. A hockey stick comprising a handle shaft having a groove extendinginto said shaft at the lower end thereof, in combination with a bladehaving at its heel a tongue of corresponding shape and dimensions to thegroove and entered therein, the sides of the groove embracing the tonguefrom the top of the latter to the sole of the blade and forming with thetongue the heel of the stick.

7. A hockey stick comprising a handle shaft having a groove extendingupwardly into said shaft at the lower end thereof, in combination with ablade having at its heel a tongue of corresponding shape and dimensionsto the groove and entered therein, the sides of the groove embracing thetongue.

8. A hockey stick comprising a handle shaft having a groove extendingupwardly into said shaft at the lower end thereof, in combination with ablade having at its heel a tongue of corresponding shape and dimensionsto the groove and entered therein, the sides of the groove embracing thetongue from the top of the latter to the sole of the blade and formingwith the tongue the heel of the stick.

9. A hockey stick comprising a handle shaft having a mortice extendinginto said shaft at the lower end thereof and a blade having at its heela tenon of corresponding dimensions to the mortice and entered therein,the sides of the groove embracing the tenon.

10. A hockey stick comprising a handle shaft having a mortice extendinginto said shaft at the lower end thereof and a blade having at its heela tenon of corresponding dimensions to the mortice and entered therein,the sides of the groove embracing the tenon from the top of the latterto the sole of the blade and forming with the tenon the heel of thestick.

11. A hockey stick comprising a handle shaft having a mortice extendingupwardly into said shaft at the lower end thereof and a blade having atits heel a tenon of corresponding dimensions to the mortice and enteredtherein, the sides of the groove embracing the tenon.

12. A hockey stick comprising a handle shaft having a mortice extendingupwardly into said shaft at the lower end thereof and a blade having atits heel a tenon of corresponding dimensions to the mortice and enteredtherein, the sides of the groove embracing the tenon from the top of thelatter to the sole of the blade, and forming with the tenon the Dated atthe city of Toronto, in the coun-- heel of the stick.

ty of York, and Province of Ontario, Do-

ber, 1925.

ZACHARIAH ADAM HALL.

